Sheriff’s Office announced it has charged Jeffery Norman Crum with the kidnapping, murder and sexual assault of Odom 30 years later.
"We’re not exactly sure how long her abductor kept her captive or when exactly the murder took place, but we are relatively confident the murder took place in that field some time, obviously, prior to her being found," the sheriff stated. Sheriff Nienhuis says she suffered injured to her head and skull that were very significant and she was left for dead. She survived, but her life was forever changed. Law enforcement was able to get biological material at the time. Jennifer Odom courtesy of Hernando County Sheriff's Office.Hundreds of items were tested and retested every time new technology came out in the hopes of finding a smoking gun to solve Odom’s murder.
They were able to narrow it down to Jeffery Norman Crum, who quickly became the number one suspect in the Odom case. The sheriff noted that over the years, HCSO had many suspects in the Odom case and Crum was not on that list, so he came out of left field in 2015.